Seeking acceptance in her socially driven new hometown, Emma Harris struggles with the foibles of the privileged life as she ends a new best friendship, learns unwritten dress codes, vies for the attentions of a garage boy band, and survives the politics of divorce. Original. 50,000 first printing.
A trio of sizzling and sensuous novellas chronicles the romantic exploits of three "alpha" male heroes and their female counterparts
'In WHO NEEDS GOD, Kushner glides thoughtfully and literately from Elie Wiesel to William James to African mythology to make his case for God's role in our lives.' NEWSWEEK
From the bestselling author of THE AFTERLIFE, an awe inspiring, mind-bending ride through the cutting edge experiments that are making time travel a reality.
Repackaged in paperback just in time for the 2008 primaries, the hilarious faux presidential memoir of George W. Bush, from the creators of the Weekly Radio Address, the satirical presidential podcast featured on TheOnion.com-for readers of America, Bushisms, and The Onion.
Lewis Coser presents an examination of the concept of social conflict and its use in empirical sociological research in this "lucid, comprehensive essay in social theory" (American Journal of Sociology).The positive values of conflict for all societies come to light in this study that reveals how conflicts fulfill social functions such as the maintenance of group boundaries and the prevention of the withdrawal of members of a group. Lewis Coser is critical of the view that conflict is dysfunctional and works to demonstrate its inadequacies. In a series of basic propositions distilled primarily from the theories of Georg Simmel, Coser clarifies the function of social conflict. Beyond this, Functions of Social Conflicts extends these propositions and relates them to psychoanalysis and empirical research theories.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S SPIN is the first book from the editors of the popular website Spinsanity.org, which exposes the tactics of media manipulation that George W. Bush and his administration have employed to sell their agenda to the Western world.
This fascinating book reveals a hidden health crises that is afflicting millions of men from teens to middle age, male body obsession.
In this unique historical record, Henry Kissinger reveals what goes on behind the scenes at the highest levels in a diplomatic crisis.
A refresher course and handy reference guide for parents who have forgotten the maths they knew, but now want to help their children with their maths homework.
One of America's leading intellectuals presents a startling thesis sure to provoke controversy: that the Vietnam War was the right war at the right time, with the wrong military strategy.
From Simon & Schuster, Making News is Gaye Tuchman's exploration into the study in the construction of reality. The Professor of Sociology at Queens College and City University of New York, Tuchman's latest work is one to cherish.As described by Todd Gitlin of Contemporary Sociology, Making News is "simply the most comprehensive book on the social construction of news by an American sociologist to date."
The humorous and sometimes bittersweet story of a man in love with a place, a woman and a dream - part memoir, part travelogue with recipes - for fans of Frances Mayes and Peter Mayle.
From Simon & Schuster, Stephen Lives! is Anne Puryear's exploration of her son Stephen—his life, suicide, and afterlife.The mother of a teenager who committed suicide chronicles her grief process and her communication with Stephen beyond the grave, offering comforting advice to families in crisis and people who have lost loved ones to suicide.
Two experts in sports psychology hone in on the mental approach that seperates the winners from the rest.
What do economists know that business executives find useful? Economics ought to be indispensable for business decision-makers because it deals with the issues executives face daily: what to pro duce, how and how much, at what price, how best to use resources (time, labor, capital), how to understand markets. Why, then, do managers often think that economists' theories are ivory-tower and impractical? Perhaps because most economics texts are mystifying, jargon-rid den, and written from every perspective except that of the line manager.In Executive Economics: Ten Essential Tools for Managers, Shlomo Maital brings economics down to earth, back to the hard day-to-day decisions that executives have to make. He shows how all decisions can be organized around two key questions: What is it worth? What must I give up to get it? Answering these questions depends upon finding and maintaining the right relation in the "triangle of profit" -- cost, price, and value.Each of Executive Economics ten chapters focuses on one or more legs of the triangle of profit, defines a decision tool, and illustrates how it can be used to improve the quality of executive decisions. Drawing on recent examples from both Fortune 500 firms and smaller companies, Maital shows why economics main contribution is to deepen executives' understanding of the structure of their costs, and to explain why some of a business's highest expenses are those that never appear on a check stub or in a profit-and-loss statement.Executive Economics is written for executives, about executives, and by an author who has both taught executives at MIT's Sloan School of Management for over a decade and served as a consultant to small and large businesses. It is must reading for executives who need simple, effective decision-making tools to give them an edge in today's competitive global economy.
Joan Brady's "action-packed, densely woven" (Publishers Weekly) novel is an ingeniously layered psychological thriller about a family corrupted by a violent death and the shadow of a complicated friendship. The victim : An invincible attorney. Hugh Freyl, the scion of the richest and most influential family in Springfield, Illinois, is found beaten to death in the library of his own law firm. The suspect : A convicted killer. David Marion, a young man from the inner city, is on parole. It was Freyl who, to the outrage of colleagues, family, and friends, orchestrated his release from prison. And it was Freyl who took David in as his protégé, giving him a second chance at life. Were Freyl's critics right to suspect David's murderous nature all along? Or was Freyl, a blind man who could always see the truth in others, not all he appeared to be? As David fights to prove his innocence, a twisted world of darkness and deception unfolds.
F.A.K.K. is an acronym for "Federation Assigned Ketogenic Killzone". It is a universal warning to all Federation Deep-Space investigators, indicating an extreme biohazard to carbon-based lifeforms. But F.A.K.K. is also the name taken by Julie, a young woman seeking revenge.
Master sleuth, Sherlock Holmes has met the evil Edward Hyde and knows he is strangely connected to the wealthy, respectable London doctor, Henry Jekyll. This is an account, by Dr Watson, of Holmes' personal involvement in the solving of the savage murder of Sir Danvers Carew.
When his helicopter crashes in the Cambodian jungle, pilot Jon Dark finds a lost city and the gateway to another world. He arrives on Callisto, a savage, hostile world terrorized by insect men and the Sky Pirates of Zanadar.
Bestselling manifesto on how to improve the lives of the "bottom billion" through revolutions in technology.
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